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Lot 246

Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021 10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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[MAPS & ATLASES - WESTERN EXPANSION].
Chamberlain, The Future Capital of South Dakota. Coming into the Union Four Hundred Thousand Strong. N.p.: N.p., 1889.


Lithographed map of South Dakota, hand-colored, image 22 3/8 x 15 in. (visible 23 5/8 x 17 5/8 in.). Some toning. Framed (not examined out of frame). Corrected edition. 

A map created to encourage western settlement in South Dakota. A caption notes that "Great opportunities for men and money in farming, stock-raising, mining, manufacturing, and all commercial pursuits. Chamberlain is the Gate-way to the Lands Opened for Homestead Settlement by Treaty of 1889." On the map, Chamberlian is highlighted with a large star with the surrounding territory "Opened for Settlement by Treaty of 1889" marked in red. Several railway lines, reservations, and coal fields are marked prominently. 

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